From May:
Hosta ‘Illicit Affair’ is a green and gold sport of Cheatin Heart. It emerges all gold and then develops into a green leaf with a gold edge. It’s a small sized hosta that makes a compact mound. I can’t remember for the life of me where I got this plant!
My Hadspen Blues took a beating this year but like Ali – although up against the ropes – they come back fighting! This one is from the concrete garden. Planted in the center of the worst root competition, it was one of the ones that survived the best considering the circumstances. It might have done well simply because it was inside the rain line so the tree roots weren’t so eager to kick its butt. Despite this, it’s still been affected and is a little sparsely leafed out.
The second plant has been destroyed by voles. It’s possible it could come back but all of the roots have been eaten. It’s a fifty fifty chance at this point. Both plants have been moved to a mini garden at the top of the pond.
Hadspen Blue is the creation of someone named Eric Smith who – from what I can tell dedicated his life to creating new blue hostas. It’s a medium sized, brilliant blue hosta given the right amount of protection from sun.
I found little Herifu! I had moved Herifu back to a holding bed without a label. I moved this little plant over to near the pond where it can grow under Parky’s Prize. Herifu is cute but so tiny I don’t think it will ever make much of a statement. Maybe I’ll be proved wrong. It’s really nice to find a plant I had lost rather than having it disappear as dead.
Here’s a shot of the whole Inniswood plant with some clematis behind. We just built the lattice fence this year so it should give some nice filtered sunlight in addition to supporting some flowering vines.
